Fast-moving wildfire sparked in Southern California
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. -- Crews were making good progress against a wildfire in Southern California that prompted the evacuation of a campground.
The blaze burning in steep terrain in Moreno Valley, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles, was 25 percent contained early Thursday.
Authorities said it's burning near Lake Perris State Park, where a group camp area was evacuated. The evacuation orders have been lifted. No structures are threatened.
The fire, which erupted Wednesday night, blackened 150 acres of dry brush.
Residents were unnerved, CBS Los Angeles reports.
"It really scares me just thinking that the fire can be this intense," Justin Read told the station.
There's no word on what sparked the fire. No injuries have been reported.
Meanwhile a 49-square-mile wildfire burning for nearly two weeks in the San Bernardino National Forest was 70 percent contained.
In Washington state, firefighters attacked hotspots at a wildfire that has destroyed nearly 30 homes in the central Washington city of Wenatchee.
By Wednesday evening, the blaze was 83 percent contained, fire spokesman Vladimir Steblina said.
Earlier in the day, a Chelan County sheriff's spokesman said the fire was likely human-caused. Investigators have ruled out any natural causes, such as lightning. They're still looking into whether the fire was set on purpose or by accident.
Officials say the blaze that started Sunday has scorched about 2,950 acres, or about 4 1/2 square miles, in the city about 150 miles east of Seattle. They said 29 homes were destroyed and four business complexes in the commercial area were damaged to varying degrees.
About 30 miles southeast of Wenatchee, a new wildfire charred more than 3 square miles, or about 2,100 acres, of dry sagebrush and grass near the city of Quincy, burning some outbuildings and forcing about two dozen residents to temporarily flee their homes.
There were some reports of fresh smoke Wednesday afternoon from the Quincy-area fire but Grant County sheriff's spokesman Kyle Foreman said that was not a flare-up but a controlled burn by firefighters.
No homes burned and evacuation orders were lifted Wednesday morning. The fire started late Tuesday.